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A feathered river across the sky : the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction
Title:
A feathered river across the sky : the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction
Credits:
Joel Greenberg.
Additional Title(s):
Passenger pigeon's flight to extinction
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Date(s):
2014
Format:
Books
Physical Description:
xiii, 289 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-274) and index.
Contents:
Life of the wanderer -- My blood shall be your blood : indians and passenger pigeons -- A legacy of awe -- Pigeons as provisions to pigeons as products -- Means of destruction -- Profiles in killing -- The tempest was spent : the last great nestings -- Flights to the finish -- Martha and her kin : the captive flocks -- Extinction and beyond -- A passenger pigeon miscellany.
Description:
Naturalist Joel Greenberg relates how the pigeons' propensity to nest, roost, and fly together in vast numbers made them vulnerable to unremitting market and recreational hunting. His cautionary tale provides a close look at what happens when species and natural resources are not harvested sustainably.
Document ID:
SD_ILS:1328092
Language:
English
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